Improvement in vapor-burners



H. WELLINGTON.

Vapor Burner.

No. 100572. Patented MarCh 8, 1870.

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HENRY WELLINGTON, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR o HIMSELF AND TRUMAN P. noANE, or SAME PLACE.

Letters Patent No. 100,57 2, dated March 8, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT m vAPo'R-BURNERs.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concern:

- Be it known that I, HENRYWELLINGTON, of 0111- cago, in the county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented a new and improved Single-Light Vapor- Burner and Heater; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains to make and use the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification, in which-- Figure 1 is a front elevation of my improved vaporburner and-heater; Figure 2 is a vertical longitudinal section of the same; and

Figure 3, an inverted plan view of the mixing chamher detached from the heater.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figuresof thedrawings.

My invention has for its object to improve the construction of vapor-burners and heaters, and to this end it consists--- First, .in the combination of the adjustable heater with the generator and lateral tube forming the gaschamber for thepurpose ofregulating the supply of air to the mixing-chamber.

Second, in the construction of the heater and the combination of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described. a

In the accompanying drawings-P A is the gas-generator composed of a vertical tube having its upper end closed, andfitted at its lowcrend to a' pipe'ooupling O, provided with a way-cock, as

- shown.

1) is a lateral tube. formed upon the generator, through the upper side of which the gas generated in the tube Aescapcs to the burner, as will be hereinafter explained.

F is the heater, adapted to fit fover the upper end of the generating-tube to which it is attached by a screw connection, as shown at 1 Upon the front side oft-his heater is formed an: offset containing the mixing-chamber G, and carrygasoline from the reservoir flows into the generator and percolates through the asbestos therein contained. 1

In order to start the burner, it is necessary to heat the lateral tube by applying thereto for a short time,

in any suitable manner, the flame of a lamp or other heater, in order to vaporize the gasoline.

The gas thus formed in the lateral chamber escapes therefrom through the small orifice a, and thence to the mixing-chamber G, where it is mixed with atmospheric air admitted at the base of said chamber between the same and theupper side of the lateral tube.

This side of the tube isflattened, or provided with a dirt plate corresponding in size with the diameter of the mixing-chamber at its base, so that by screwing the heater up or down upon the generator,-the distance between the mixing-chamber and lateral tube is adjusted to admit a greater or lesser quantity of air at the base of the mixing-chamber, according to the richness of the gas;

Alter passing through the mixing-chamber, the gas escapes from the burner in the usual manner, and. owing to the proximity of the flame to the shield I,

the latter becomes heated and communicates its heat through the heater F to the generatoutor thepurpose ot'vaporizing the gasoline within the latter.

It will be observed that the upper end of the gen-- eratorextends upward within the heaterabovc the base' of the flame issuing from the burner, and that, therefore, all the heat necessary for vaporization is readily communicated to the generator.

b I) are perforations made in the shield upon each *sideof the burner for the purpose of supplying an additional quantity of oxygen to the burner at the point 'of combustion, and to counteract the attraction of the flame to the shield.

J is an adjustingsorew placed in the end of the tube D to regulate the flow.of gas from the horizontal gas-chamber. This, however, is not absolutely required. In order to retard the flow of gas through the burner, to prevent its blowing the flame away from the ,tip, I place a hoiizontal wire or bar, el, through the center of the burner, asshown, or through the mixing-chamber, by which the current'of gas is broken, and deflected to each side of the burner before escaping.

The same efi'ect is produced by-making the base of the mixing-chamber conical, and turning the same slightly to one side above the horizontal tube D, whenthe jet of gas issuing from the latter will impinge against the inner sulface of themixing-chamber and its force become broken -before entering the burner;

or the orifice a in the lateral tube may be drilled in an inclined direction to direct the jet of gas against the side of the mixing-chamber.

Having thus described 'my invention,

\Vhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The adjustable heater F, carrying the mixing- -chamber G and the burner, in combination with the generator A and lateral tube D, substantially as described for the purpose specified.

2. In combination with the generator A, the lateral tube D having the flattened upper surface around the orifice a, substantially as described for the purpose specified.

3. The heater F, constructed as described with the perforated shield I, and the offset containing the mixing-chamber, substantially as described for the purpose specified.

HENRY WELLINGTON.

Witnesses:

D. I. Pownns, GEO. SPAULDING. 

